How to Import TSV Files into R

To import TSV file in R, you can use read_table() or read_tsv() function from readr package.

The following methods show how you can do it with syntax.

Method 1: Use read_table() Function

library(readr)

read.table("path of file")

Method 2: Use read_tsv() Function

library(readr)

read_tsv('path of file')

The following examples show how to import TSV file in R using different function.

Use read_table() Function

Let’s see how we can use read_table() function from readr package in R:

# Import TSV file into data frame
df <- read_table('sample.tsv')

# Print data frame
print(df)

Output:

  Date       Machine_type Status Pressure Temperature
  <chr>      <chr>        <lgl>     <dbl>       <dbl>
1 21-10-2023 Mach_1       TRUE         11        45.6
2 22-10-2023 Mach_2       TRUE         12        47.2
3 23-10-2023 Mach_3       FALSE        10        46.1
4 24-10-2023 Mach_4       TRUE         11        46.8

Here the output shows imported data from sample.tsv file.

Use read_tsv() Function

Let’s see how we can use read_tsv() function from readr package in R:

# Import library
library(readr)

# Import TSV file into data frame
df <- read_tsv('sample.tsv')

# Print data frame
print(df)

Output:

 Date       Machine_type Status Pressure Temperature
  <chr>      <chr>        <lgl>     <dbl>       <dbl>
1 21-10-2023 Mach_1       TRUE         11        45.6
2 22-10-2023 Mach_2       TRUE         12        47.2
3 23-10-2023 Mach_3       FALSE        10        46.1
4 24-10-2023 Mach_4       TRUE         11        46.8

Here the output shows data from sample.tsv file which imported using read_tsv() function.